you could also always just block all packets on those ports using
ipchains (or iptables for 2.3.x). you should probably do this in
addition to the inetd.conf and /etc/services editing.
Daniel Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, T. Weston Sewell wrote:
>
> > I finally got sshd working , by doing it the right way and just compiling
> > the source, thanks for all the help. But now I'd like to get rid of
> > telnet and ftp to work on making my box more secure. Could someone just
> > point me in the right direction to learn about doing this stuff :) TIA
> >
> > weston
>
> Normally you can just edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out any services
> you don't want - ftp, telnet, and others should be in there. Then send a
>
> killall -HUP inetd
>
> to restart the inetd server. You can probably man inetd for more info.
>
> Daniel
>
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